Status quo fair use is key to education.

[Computer & Communications Industry Association, 2017/06, FAIR USE IN THE U.S. ECONOMY Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use”, page 23, , accessed 7-8-24] nikoglenn

Students, teachers, and scholars rely on the fair use doctrine daily, in making and using copies and portions of copyrighted works. Litigation brought by the Authors Guild against the Google Books book scanning project led to judicial affirmation of how the digital availability of scholarship and literature enabled by “Google Books provides significant public benefits.” The appellate court agreed, finding that “Google’s making of a digital copy to provide a search function is a transformative use, which augments public knowledge by making available information about Plaintiffs’ books without providing the public with a substantial substitute for matter protected by the Plaintiffs’ copyright interests in the original works or derivatives of them.